User Manual

Laserworld Showeditor 2015
Version 2015/1.0 2015 Page 51
6.2.8. Rectangle:
The rectangle tool allows for drawing rectangular shapes. The rectangles
consist of a blanked start and a blanked end point as well as a visible point in every
corner, connected by lines.
Select the rectangle tool, click at the desired position in the drawing area and drag
the shape to the desired size.
6.2.9. Polygon:
Polygons are multi cornered shapes with equally long sides. With a right click
on the icon the number of corners can be set. To draw the polygon, click at the
desired position in the drawing area (this will be the center of the polygon) and drag
the shape to the desired size. On releasing the button, the dialog to enter the
number of overlapping edges opens.
If the default value is accepted, virtually 2 overlaying polygons are created. The
advantage of this is that the polygons are drawn in a “closed” way and the intensity
of the shape appears homogenous.
However, if the “morph” feature shall be used on the polygon, it could be better to
set the number of overlapping edges to zero.
Information:
Polygons and circles can look very similar if a Polygon has very many corners. The
difference of a polygon and a circle is the multiple repetitions of the corners in a
polygon, dependent on the output optimization. Circles have no repeated points. A
polygon with about 100 corners without optimization looks very similar to a circle.
6.2.10. Ellipse/Circle:
The Ellipse/Circle tool is used for creating Ellipses or circles as a special form of
an ellipse. With the tool selected, click in the drawing area at the desired center
point of the ellipse, hold and drag
The points drawn per ellipse can be set with a right mouse click on the icon. A dialog
opens (Fig. 36), values between 7 and 40 are possible. Smaller numbers mean more
points, meaning the feed rate uses smaller steps.
Fig. 36: Figure Editor: Dialog settings for ellipse tool
Important:
Points of ellipses (circles) have very special characteristics. The lines between the
points are not optimized (interpolated) on laser output. Therefore it is not a good